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PALESTINE AS A TOURIST RESORT
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Passport Regulations.

(a) FOR BRITISH SUBJECTS.

1. British passports are issued by the Department of Immigration and Travel, Jerusalem, and by British diplomatic and consular officers abroad. The charge for a British passport is PT. 37. Application should be made on the authorized form obtainable from those authorities.

2. British subjects making their homes or staying for more than three months in Palestine should be registered at the Department of Immigration and Travel.

3. British passports are not valid beyond two years from the date of issue. They may be renewed for four further periods of two years each, after which, or if at any time there be no further space for visas, a fresh passport must be obtained. The fee for each renewal is PT. 10.

4. The passport is only available for travel to the countries named thereon, but may be endorsed for additional countries. The possession of a passport so endorsed does not, however, exempt the holder from compliance with any immigration regulations in force in British or foreign countries or from the necessity of obtaining a visa where required.

5. Passports endorsed as valid for the British Empire are also available for travelling to territory under British protection or mandate, excluding, however, Palestine, Mesopotamia or Egypt, for which countries the passport must be specially endorsed.

6. During the two years for which a British passport is valid, no further endorsement is required for journeys to the countries for which the passport has already been made available, unless the contrary is stated.

7. For journeys to countries other than those for which the passport is already available, endorsements should be obtained.

8. For journeys to countries other than British Possessions, visas must be obtained from the foreign consular representatives concerned.